On Sept. 20, 1853, Elisha Graves Otis sold his first “hoist machine,” or elevator, featuring an automatic safety brake he had patented. His seemingly simple invention was designed to stop a platform ...

The first passenger elevator got off to a slow start. Installed in 1857 at the Haughwout Department Store in New York, it was shut down after just three years because customers refused to accept it.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American 2013 marks 160 years since Elisha Graves Otis ...

What possible relation is there between a single elevator and an entire forest? Can one be responsible for the other? Well, Otis Elevator is working on doing just that - and connecting the two. The ...

For nearly a year, in the course of producing the NOVA documentary "Trapped in an Elevator," I've been immersed in the fascinating lore of perhaps the least appreciated—but arguably most critical—form ...

This, the first passenger elevator, was installed in a New York department store in 1857. The elevator is not round, though the first passenger elevator shaft, installed a mile north of this store, ...

DOTHAN — A 132-year-old elevator inside a former downtown Dothan hardware store could be brought back into working condition, which would make it the oldest operating elevator from the company that ...